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A legacy of passion
Updated On: 18 June, 2023 08:04 AM IST | Mumbai | Dipti Singh
From a humble beginning over 50 years ago, the IIT-B’s Mood Indigo festival has evolved into an iconic and sought-after event
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The core team of Mood Indigo 2011, the year when the festival made it to the Limca Book of Records
The year was 1992. The entire country was on edge following the demolition of the Babri Masjid. In one room of the Indian Institute of Technology-Bombay (IIT-B), a heated debate was underway. The subject: whether or not to hold the Mood Indigo festival that year.
“The event was deferred to January, but communal riots erupted throughout Mumbai the same month. It was shifted to March, but two weeks before the scheduled date, the serial blasts happened. There was so much pressure to cancel. Many artistes withdrew their agreement to perform and yet others were unable to confirm their presence. But we persisted. The Director of IIT-B and the then Dean of Student Affairs helped and supported us. Two weeks after the blasts, Mood-I was held as a tribute to the spirit of Mumbai city and as a symbol of religious tolerance. We registered a footfall of between 2,000 and 3,000, which at the time was a significant number,” recalls Anand Sivakumaran, an author, screenwriter, and director who graduated from IIT-B with a degree in chemical engineering. Sivakumaran was the General Secretary (Cultural) and led the core organizing committee for Mood-I during the academic year 1992-1993.
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